2016 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS CLEVELAND INDIANS (72-52) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (54-72) RHP Trevor Bauer (9-5, 3.88) vs. RHP Kendall Graveman (9-8, 4.09) Game #125/Road #73 » Wed., Aug. 24, 2016 » The Coliseum » 3:35 p.m. (ET) » SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/IRN DON’T CHANGE HORSES (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM) SQUIB CAKES indians at a glance » After edging Oakland, 1-0, in Monday night’s series opener, Cleve- » The Indians have scored exactly one run in each of the first two in- land dropped Tuesday’s tilt to the Athletics by a score of 9-1...DANNY stallments of this current road trip...marks the second time this season vs. AL: Central West East SALAZAR went 4.0-plus innings and took the loss in an abbreviated for Cleveland to be held to one-or-zero runs in back-to-back games, as 62-45 33-17 15-10 14-18 start (4.0IP, 8H, 6R-ER, 3BB, 2SO, HR, WP, 80 pitches)...for the second the Tribe shouldered consecutive losses on June 7 (7-1) and June 8 vs. NL: Central West East consecutive night, the Indians were held to a single run, which came on (5-0) at Seattle. 10-7 4-0 0-0 6-7 a solo HR, as CHRIS GIMENEZ connected for his fourth of the season » Monday’s victory was the first 1-0 win of any kind for the Tribe since In Series: Home Road Total to lead off the 6th...the Gimenez drive was one of only 4 hits managed June 21, 2015 vs. Tampa Bay with 25 consecutive losses in between Overall 11-8-2 9-7-4 20-15-6 Openers 14-7 12-9 26-16 by Cleveland’s offense, just the eighth time this season (0-8) for the Tribe when plating exactly one run. Finales 13-8 11-9 24-17 to be held to fewer than 5 base knocks... (2.0IP) & ZACH McALLISTER SO VERY HARD TO GO Rubber 3-5 4-3 7-8 (1.0IP) both turned in scoreless relief outings. JEFF MANSHIP » Tonight the Indians are 1-1 to begin a 7-day, 7-game road trip through Lead after: Home Road Total TIME WILL TELL Oakland (1-1, one-to-play) & Texas (4 games)...Tribe has already host- 6 inn. 27-1 26-4 53-5 » Despite last night’s defeat, Cleveland maintained possession of the ed both clubs in Cleveland this season, taking a 1-2 series loss against 7 inn. 29-1 28-2 57-3 American League’s best record, 3rd-best in the Majors behind the Texas, May 30-June 1, while sweeping a 3-game set from the A’s, July 8 inn. 34-1 30-0 64-1 Cubs & Nationals...the Indians also have the fewest losses in the A.L. 29-31. Trail after: Home Road Total (52) - T2nd-fewest in the Majors behind the Cubs. » Cleveland’s 33-29 (.541) road record is 3rd-best in the A.L. and 6 inn. 6-20 1-21 7-41 T6th in the Majors...that said, the club has dropped 6 of 9 and 10 of last 7 inn. 4-21 1-23 5-44 BEST RECORDS IN THE MAJORS, 2016 17 away from Progressive Field since July 2, posting a 5.38 road ERA 8 inn. 3-20 1-25 4-45 Team Win% W-L against 4.0 runs-per-game in that 18-game span. Tied after: Home Road Total Chicago-NL .640 80-45 6 inn. 5-2 6-4 11-6 BEST ROAD RECORDS IN THE MAJORS, 2016 Washington .584 73-52 7 inn. 5-1 4-4 9-5 Team Win% W-L Cleveland .581 72-52 8 inn. 1-2 2-4 3-6 St. Louis .613 38-24 Texas .579 73-53 Decided... Home Road Total Chicago-NL .574 35-26 Boston .568 71-54 7th-or-later 12-5 7-13 19-18 Washington .561 37-29 Toronto .568 71-54 Final AB 9-3 3-11 12-14 Boston .550 33-27 Extra-Innings 2-2 2-3 4-5 » The Tribe’s 46-28 (.622) record since June 1 is best in the Majors, Toronto .548 34-28 just ahead of Toronto (.606, 43-28). One-run G’s 13-6 6-11 19-17 Cleveland .532 33-29 Walk-offs 7 7 7-7 WINS & LOSSES San Francisco .532 33-29 vs. RH starter 24-18 23-21 47-39 » Cleveland sits at 72-52 (.581), 20 games above the .500 mark and » Although last night raised figure from 3.62, Cleveland’s 3.71 road vs. LH starter 15-5 10-8 25-13 one win shy of the club’s high-water mark for 2016 (+21G, 72-51 on Aug. ERA is still 2nd-lowest in the A.L. and 4th in the Majors behind Toronto 22 - also the club’s highest mark since finishing 2013 season at +22, (3.54), Washington (3.66) and Chicago-NL (3.68)...staff’s A.L.-low .236 tribe by the numbers 92-70)...the Tribe’s low-water mark of the season is 2 games below .500 avg. against on the road is 2nd-lowest in Majors behind the Cubs (.222). (10-12 on May 2). Overall Record ............................. 72-52 » Cleveland holds a 23-22 record since the club’s historic 14-game win- EAST BAY GREASE Standing in AL Central ..........1st, +6.5G ning streak ended on July 2, as the Tribe has won 10 of 15, 12 of 19, 37 » Today Cleveland & Oakland are set to wrap up their home-and-home Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .....82 (29-11-21-0) of 59 and 62 of last 102...the Indians are 12-10 in August; went 10-11 season series here at The Coliseum, as the Indians hold a 4-1 advan- Largest 1st-place Lead... +7.5G, last 8/22 in April, 16-13 in May, 22-6 in June & 12-12 in July (22 June wins most tage (swept 3-game set at Progressive Field to end July)...last night Largest 1st-place Deficit....-6.0G, last 5/9 for Tribe in single calendar month since going 22-7 in June 1965 - 8th snapped a 4-game winning streak vs. Oakland, longest since notching 4 Most G Above .500.....+21G, 72-51 (8/22) time in 52 seasons since ‘65 to record 20+ wins in any calendar month)... straight victories vs. the A’s, May 6-9, 2013...Cleveland has secured the Most G Below .500 ......... -2G, 10-12 (5/2) Times at .500 .........11, last 17-17 on 5/15 the Indians are 50-16 when scoring first, but 22-36 when allowing op- club’s first winning season vs. Oakland since going 5-2 in 2013. Current Streak ....................................L1 ponent to strike first...Indians are 64-1 when leading after 8.0 innings » The Indians are 3-0 all-time in games started by Kendall Grave- Road Trip.......................................... 1-1 (lone loss 8/17 vs. CWS)...club has gone 31-20 bouncing back from a man...Tribe beat the right-hander, 5-3, back on July 29 in Cleveland. Following a Win ............................ 41-31 loss, while going 41-31 following a win...the Tribe has a 37-31 record » Cleveland is 15-10 against the A.L. West this season and an A.L.-best 76-48 (.613) since the start of the 2013 season. Following a Loss .......................... 31-20 vs. teams .500-or-better (35-21 vs. sub-.500 teams)...the Tribe is 10-4 Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 following an off day. HITCHHIKE TO RHOME | TEXAS PREVIEW Last 10 games.................................. 6-4 » Cleveland has gone 20-16 since the All-Star break (T4th in A.L., » At the conclusion of this afternoon’s game, the Indians will head to Last 15 games................................ 10-5 T7th in MLB) after finishing the first half at 52-36 (2nd in A.L., 5th in MLB) Texas where they are set to square off with the Rangers for 4 games in Last 20 games................................ 12-8 with a 6.5-game lead in the A.L. Central - first time to hold first place at Arlington...Tribe took a series loss (1-2) at home to Texas, May 30-June Longest ‘W’ Streak ........... 14G (6/17-7/1) the turn since 1999 (+13.0G)...according to Elias, the Indians had previ- 1, getting outscored by the Rangers, 20-10 - primarily due to losses Longest ‘L’ Streak ......... 3G, 4x, last 8/1-3 ously led by 6.0+ games at the break just 3 times in team history (1995, of 9-2 and 7-3 in the first two games...Cleveland has finished .500-or- Come-from-Behind Wins ....................27 1998, 1999) and went on to win the division each time. better vs. Texas in each of the previous 3 seasons, going 14-5 from Losses After Holding Lead .................18 » Cleveland’s 52 first-half wins were T3rd-most by the club entering the 2013-15 (7-3 in Arlington). Team Saves .............. 27-for-38 (71.1%) All-Star break over last 84 seasons since MLB’s first Mid-Summer Clas- Record Before All-Star Break ....... 52-36 sic in 1933 (ninth time w/ 50+ wins in that span). YOU OUGHT TO BE HAVIN’ FUN | MISC. NOTES Record After All-Star Break .......... 20-16 » The Indians have rallied for 27 come-from-behind wins...club also » Despite taking a hit of -8 last night, Cleveland’s +98 run differential Home Record ..............................